1THE MILLENNIAL CENERATION ONE： The Millennial Generation Reading Pace 1
2CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS ONE： An American Finding Her Chinese Face Two： A Clean Break Vocabulary in Context 13
3CONSUMER LIFESTYLE ONE： Consumer Lifestyle TWO： A Frugal Alternative？ Scanning for Details 33
4AGING ONE： How to Grow Old and Stay Young TWO： Lost Keys The Main Idea 49
5YOUTH IN ACTION ONE： Youth Takes Action Against Child Labor TWO： Teens Talking to Teens Signal Words 67
6MUSIC ONE： The Body and Soul of Club Culture TWO： Piracy in the Music Industry Graphic Aids 85
7VALUE OF WORK ONE： The Invasion of Work TWO： A Handful of Dates Making Inferences 103
8INEQUALITY ONE： Inequality in the World TWO： Poorest Women Gaining Equality Text Mapping 127
9WISDOM ONE： Ripe Figs TWO： Advice to My Son Paraphrasing 147
10CULTURE AND CHANGE ONE： Endangered Languages TWO： Crickets Summarizing 161
11MANAGING NATURE ONE： Protecting the Wild TWO： Lift the Ban on Ivory Argumentative Writing 179
12THE FINAL FRONTIER ONE： The Final Frontier Review of Reading Skills 197
GLOSSARY 217